Waiting on God

Waiting on God…

How does strength rise when we wait on God? What does that mean?

What are you waiting on God for?

Peace regarding an upcoming decision?

A spouse? A house?

What does it mean to wait on God?

God is never late, but He is rarely early.

Mercies are new every morning…not the night before tomorrow.

Waiting on God is not passive, it’s aggressive. Here’s a good definition of waiting on God: doing everything you can do until God comes and does what you can’t. Meaning, we act as a good steward of the current situation in which God has me in, until he provides clarity for what is next.

We do everything we already know to do until he intervenes. Waiting is not idleness. Waiting is the difficult work of quietly and doggedly positioning ourselves to receive what God will bring later on.

Psalm 5:3 - In the morning, Lord, you hear my voice; in the morning I plead my case to you and watch expectantly.

This is a remarkable prayer! This prayer expresses trust. This prayer lifts all the pressure off of the Psalmist shoulders and properly places the weight of burden on God to come through.

This prayer expresses confidence in God’s ability to act: God, I am waiting on your reply because I can’t fix this myself. When we acknowledge this…our “strength” rises in a few ways. 1. Our burden is lighter and so it is easier to lift and 2. We place our hope and confidence in the one sure solid thing we already possess…God Himself. (Look at what we just sang…look who are God is.)

And as we wait…we praise God for who He is…for what He has already given…and for what it to come for us!